淡

See also: 澹
淡 U+6DE1, 淡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DE1
← 淠
[U+6DE0]
CJK Unified Ideographs 淢 →
[U+6DE2]

Translingual

Stroke order
11 strokes

Han character

淡 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水火火 (EFF), four-corner 39189, composition ⿰氵炎)

References

  • KangXi: page 630, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17660
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1032, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1660, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6DE1

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 炎 (OC *ɦlam)

Etymology 1

trad. 淡
simp. # 淡

Pronunciation


Note:
  • taam5 - vernacular;
  • daam6 - literary.
Note:
  • tāⁿ - vernacular;
  • tām - literary.
Note:
  • dan6 - vernacular;
  • dam6 - literary.
Note:
  • dan5 - vernacular;
  • dan4 - literary.

Rime
Character 淡 淡
Reading # 2/4 4/4
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 談 (143) 談 (143)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 徒敢切 徒濫切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dɑmX/ /dɑmH/
Pan
Wuyun
/dɑmX/ /dɑmH/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɑmX/ /dɑmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/damX/ /damH/
Li
Rong
/dɑmX/ /dɑmH/
Wang
Li
/dɑmX/ /dɑmH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱɑmX/ /dʱɑmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dàn dàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
daam6 daam6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 淡
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
dàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ damX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[l]ˁamʔ/
English insipid

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 淡 淡
Reading # 2/4 3/4
No. 14300 14305
Phonetic
component
炎 炎
Rime
group
談 談
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
噉 憺
Old
Chinese
/*l'aːmʔ/ /*l'aːms/

Definitions

淡

  1. (of food) bland; tasteless
    啲湯好淡/啲汤好淡 [Cantonese]  ―  di1 tong1 hou2 taam5 [Jyutping]  ―  the soup is very bland
  2. (of color) light; pale
    Synonym: 淺/浅 (qiǎn)
    Antonyms: 濃/浓 (nóng), 深 (shēn)
  3. (of liquid or gas) thin; low in density
  4. indifferent; cold
  5. slack; dull
    淡季  ―  dànjì  ―  slack season; off-season
  6. meaningless; trivial
Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 淡
simp. # 淡

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 淡
Reading # 3/4
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 鹽 (153)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以冉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jiᴇmX/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiɛmX/
Shao
Rongfen
/jæmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jiamX/
Li
Rong
/iɛmX/
Wang
Li
/jĭɛmX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯ɛmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jim5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 淡
Reading # 4/4
No. 14319
Phonetic
component
炎
Rime
group
談
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
琰
Old
Chinese
/*lamʔ/
Notes 見宋玉賦

Definitions

淡

  1. Only used in 淡淡 (yǎnyǎn, yànyàn).
  2. ‡ appearance of water

Compounds

  • 流水淡淡

Etymology 3

trad. 淡
simp. # 淡

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 淡
Reading # 1/4
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 談 (143)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒甘切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dɑm/
Pan
Wuyun
/dɑm/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɑm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dam/
Li
Rong
/dɑm/
Wang
Li
/dɑm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱɑm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
taam4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 淡
Reading # 1/4
No. 14296
Phonetic
component
炎
Rime
group
談
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
談
Old
Chinese
/*l'aːm/

Definitions

淡

  1. † Alternative form of 痰 (tán).
  2. ‡ appearance of water
    See also: 澹

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 淡 – see 䭕 (“(Min) tasteless; insipid”).
(This character, 淡, is a variant form of 䭕.)

References

Japanese

Kanji

淡

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. diluted
  2. pale

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 淡 (MC dɑmX, dɑmH). Recorded as Middle Korean 담〯 (tǎm) (Yale: tam) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource 淡 (eumhun 맑을 담 (malgeul dam))

  1. Hanja form? of 담 (“clean; clear; pure”).

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

淡: Hán Nôm readings: đạm, đượm, vạm, đặm

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